Asik cleaning up on the glass

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Center Omer Asik has averaged 15.5 rebounds in the last four games, including 17 on Wednesday against the Timberwolves, one of the league’s top rebounding teams.
With a trio of third-quarter dunks, he helped key the Rockets’ comeback from a 14-point deficit, and might have slowed the Wolves’ help on James Harden when he used Asik screens on the final game-winning drives.

“He was fantastic,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said of Asik. “He had 16 defensive rebounds. His size and his willingness to track the ball down, he’s kind of like the Wolves’ front lineup with their big guys. He just goes and gets it. If there’s a scrum and he comes up with it, he just goes and gets it. He’s been huge for us, Omer has.”